118th Congress Families
H.R. 1630: PROSPECT Act
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Summary
This bill establishes various grant programs to increase the supply of, and access to, high-quality, early-childhood care. Specifically, grants are established for
- planning and developing expanded access to free infant and toddler child care for student parents attending community college or minority-serving institutions;
- providing free infant and toddler child care to such student parents, including developing on-campus child care centers that meet specified requirements;
- training, mentorships, and technical support to community child care agencies and the professional development of licensed and unlicensed child care professionals; and
- increasing the workforce pipeline of high-quality infant and toddler child care providers, particularly in locations with a low supply of affordable care.
The bill also revises the formula for providing federal matching funds to states providing child care assistance.
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Further, the bill requires the Department of Education’s college cost calculator to include information about the dependent care allowance with respect to the cost of attendance and financial aid.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Donald Norcross D-NJOriginal
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History
- Introduced in the House by Jahana Hayes.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.